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Laboratories - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Laboratory \Lab"o*ra*to*ry\, n.; pl. Laboratories. [Shortened
fr. elaboratory; cf. OF. elaboratoire, F. laboratoire. See
Elaborate, Labor.] [Formerly written also elaboratory.]
The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to
experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical,
physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a
place where something is prepared, or some operation is
performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.
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